Weekly Announcements

Brendan Collins, former Chief and current GI fellow, is working on improving access to inpatient paracentesis for our patients. Please take a minute to fill out a needs assessment survey he created here.

A friendly reminder that the Diabetes Now team is available 24/7 for insulin dosing recommendations: Pager x 14365. For those of you on AOD, consider referring surgical teams to this pager if you are only following for inpatient DM management.

COVID CORNER

Please check your emails for any daily changes. Dr. Warm will be sending out more frequent and comprehensive updates as we have more information.

If you would like to view the recording of last week’s town hall, click here.

If you have symptoms, leave work immediately! You can fill out the self-reporting REDCap survey here or email covid-redcap@uchealth.com

1. UC Updates:

   1. Surge planning: The CVR will be opening as additional critical care space (14 beds) with a planned go-live date of 12/1. We are actively working with critical care and GME on staffing plans for this unit and will know more in the next few days. We are doing our best to move folks who are already assigned to inpatient work and avoiding major disruptions to the schedule.

   2. Spacing: We’ll be expanding our footprint into the Faculty Conference Center starting Monday! Look out for an email from us with more details.

2. VA Rotators and Jeopardy Residents: You must have your N95 mask fit on file. You cannot get one without being registered. Send all N95 fit information to Sydney via e-mail and she will continue to update the database. If your mask type is not available at the VA, you will need to be re-fit.​Where to get masks:​

   1. Sydney's office – A642.​

   2. Medical admin office – A541. Open weekdays only.​

   3. Logistics – 2nd floor, immediately to the right of the elevators. Ring doorbell. Open 24/7.

3. Clinic: The clinic is cutting in-person appointments by 50% and converting these visits to telemedicine​. At this time we are not reducing overall visit volume.

The Chief Complaint

Welcome to our newest section of the ‘Scoop! Here we’ll be addressing your questions and concerns, advice column style. Send us your letters at the button below!

Dear Chiefs,

We now have 7 community HD patients. This means that the renal team is now typically doing 3-4 Admit/Discharges per day to admit these folks just for outpatient dialysis. The HD unit is also struggling to fit them all in alongside the inpatient HD patients, so sometimes we are having to send them home without treatment. Help!

Sincerely,

Bean Team Blues

Dear Beans,

We hear ya. In the last year we have gone from 2 community HD patients to 7! This has put significant strain on our existing system, all in the midst of a COVID surge. The nephrology consult team is also down 2 NPs, compounding this issue. We are in ongoing conversations with the nephrology division and the hospital medicine division to help find solutions for the short term and the long term. For now, it is likely that we will start enforcing a hard cap of 16 for the renal team and overflow these patients to gen med teams, but look for an email from us next week with final details. We will update you as we know more! 

Sincerely,

Chiefs. 

Upcoming Week
Education Calendar

Monday: Applicant Noon Report presented by Michelle Sandoval Cabanas

Tuesday: Applicant Noon Report presented by Marcus Trybula

Wednesday: No MGR

Thursday: THANKSGIVING

Friday: MEP with Dr. Schlanger

Resident Corner

Shout Outs!

To Saavia and Sydney for being so understanding, kind and just wonderful humans/lady doctors/friends. We are so so lucky to have you.

Shout out to Katherine Rhame for bringing a man back from the dead!! #highqualitychestcompressions

To Katherine Rhame and Sydney Higgins for being ever-patient MICU guides!

To Molly for helping Liz coordinate the Zoom rooms for one of our interview days this week!

To Drew K, Brandon, and Demetrio for hanging with our applicants on a Saturday!

To Sanjana, Palavi, the Jareds, Demetrio, Ahmed, Jackson H, Hannah, Ally, and Michelle for joining us for happy hour with the applicants this week!

To Chris and Michelle for outstanding noon report cases!

To Ish for the week’s most creating question for our applicants, “If you could be any one item on the McDonald’s Dollar Menu, what would you be?”

Memon Memo:

To Nick Kurek for being a passionate PCP. This man goes above and beyond for his patients daily. His inbox is cleaned not out of angst but rather to make sure Cincinnati’s finest feel safe and protected by their Doc. #QB1 #Salud #SubvalvularApparatus

To Eugenia, Kyle and Molly for providing an entertaining and lively experience at all times. #StickToYourGut #VAChipotleSauceHitsBest

To Dr. Finlay for being a constant source of amazing. Great hair, great advice, even better style. Man has it alll. #GOATPCP?

To Dr. Kelsey Sparks for being fantabulous. She’s easily the most chill and relatable human alive. We appreciate you!!!

To Sydney Schacht, because fire breathing perfection is hard to find and yet here we are lucky to have one of the most passionate and enthusiastic leaders I’ve ever met. She cares so much for us. Keep us safe, she will. #PCCM #BestChiefOffice

The #StaySafe Shouts c/o Demetrio:

Shoutout to Ahmed Memon for being selected to be #Chief #ElJefe You are a role model and an awesome human being! You are a Great Senior, Great Human, Great Big Brother, Great Leader and I am sure you will be a Great Chief!! #BigBro #Fidelidad #StaySafeQD

Shout Out to #TheChiefs you all are so supportive, kind and awesome! Thanks for being there QD and not only PRN! You guys support us and are there QD 24/7 for us! Thanks for this!! #StaySafeQD #TheChiefs

Shout Out to MS3 Kirby and Joe for being so awesome and great for all the orange team during this week. You guys have a unique drive to learn, are passionate about work and are great patient advocates! Stay like this please! I am very happy to have you in the Team! #StaySafeQD

Shout out for the AI and really an Intern Sarah Smith! Thanks for all the help and support during our senior less day!! You are smart and dedicated to all your patients! #Thanks #BestM4 #Intern #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to Woodson! Future Cardiologist. You are such a smart person; you are passionate about education and I am appreciative of being your Intern. thanks for all the support and all the constant feedback and learning opportunities. #thanks #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to Dr. Javi Baez!! Such a great vibe and great teacher!!You are the best things to look forward on Thursdays for AHD! Personally, I Appreciate having you as a coach and friend! Thanks for you positive and supportive talks and for caring so much for every one of us! You are a Cool and Great Guy! #ProudIntern #Representing #ModeloASeguir #Gracias #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to my friend Faysal! Thanks for your help to the Renal team for a Difficult patient personality! You really bring peace and make everything so easy! You are such a great guy; I am happy to have you as a friend! #PositiveGuy i am sure the Renal Team Appreciates you a lot!! #StaySafeQD

ShoutOut to Jackson Walker! congratulations on doing so great on you CVICU rotations! I am so happy you liked Cards!! I hope you have a great on vacation! You are a great friend, and I am happy to have seen you! #KeepWalking #JWs #StaySafeQD

Shoutout for Jackson Hearn who is such a positive and great guy! the world needs more people like you! You owe me like 10 hugs by now! Which I will get once #COVIDFREE times comes! #ForNowNoHugs #StaySafeQD

Shoutout for Dr. Jennifer Cook! Thanks for being the person you are for me! You are unique I have no words to thank you enough for the support you give me! I am thankful for you and can't wait to see you in December!! #DrCooksHFTeam #StaySafeQD

ShoutOut to my Brother, Neighbor and Friend Mahyar Pourriahi! You are a role model and a great friend! Thanks for all the support and guidance you give me! You are the Best! I am looking forward for out time together in CVICU!!! #CVICU #Hermanos #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to Dr. Sneha Sharma! You are the best person and best guide for residents! I am grateful for all the support and guidance you have given me to improve as a resident and doctor! I hope to be the senior you are to me to an intern when I get to be a senior. #FutureCardsBossChief #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to Christina for all the positivity and kindness she brings QD to the hospital!! #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to Roberto for covering for Red team during you Elective Rotation! You are a Machine! Maquina!! #Pampara #StaySafeQD

Shoutout to all healthcare workers, hospital staff, pharmacy staff, nurses, essential workers, and doctors who get up and go to the hospital every day! We are very thankful for you guys! Thanks for the support and work you guys do day by day! #StaySafeQD

Mental Health

Feelings of burnout are common during this time of year, and isolation is even more prevalent now in these pandemic times.

Please reach out to the chiefs if you need help. As a reminder, free counseling is available to residents through the UC Health EAP program. You can call 513-585-6100 to make an appointment.

Cincinnati WeeklyTo-Dos

IglooBar is open! On the Braxton Brewing rooftop, rent an igloo to relax outside all through the winter! $30 rental fee for two hours goes towards your appetizers and drinks tab.

The Fountain Square Ice Rink opens this Saturday! Ice skating continues and new this year, bumper cars on the ice. Due to the pandemic, reservations required. $15 for one hour of unlimited ice skating and bumper cars.

The PNC Festival of Lights is now open at the zoo! Masks mandatory, Reservations required.